@marillo Globe-News: News: Witnesses: Car may have been involved in police wreck 5/9/98

Posted: Saturday, May 09, 1998

Web posted Saturday, May 9, 1998 7:02 a.m. CT

Witnesses: Car may have been involved in police wreck

Police hope to learn more about a car witnesses say could have been involved in a wreck that totaled a police squad car and injured an officer Thursday evening, APD Sgt. Gerald Bailey said Friday.

Officer Carl Graves, who was driving the squad car, was not seriously injured. He was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and later was released, Bailey said.

Graves was driving west on Third Avenue after being dispatched to a fight in the downtown area, APD Sgt. Phillip Watkins said. Graves lost control of the vehicle, went into a slide and hit a telephone pole at the corner of Third Avenue and Osage Street. The car came to rest on its top.

The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.

Officers interviewed at least half a dozen children and adults who were in the area when the wreck occurred, according to witnesses. Several witnesses mentioned seeing a blue car that might have been involved. Police still seek drivers or passers-by who can help investigators piece together the story. Anyone who has additional information about the wreck is asked to call APD's Traffic Follow-Up Division at 378-3038.